freshwater limpet

Related to freshwater limpet: river limpet

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freshwater limpet - minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants

Ancylus fluviatilis, river limpet

gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

Ancylus, genus Ancylus - type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet

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A review of the recent freshwater limpet snails of North America (Mollusca:Pulmonta).

Population structure of Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Ancylidae, Pulmonata, Basommatophora) in the Multiple Use Reserve Martin Garcia Island, Upper Rio de la Plata, Argentina/Estrutura populacional de Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Ancylidae, Pulmonata, Basommatophora) da Reserva Natural de Usos Multiplos Ilha Martin Garcia no Rio de la Plata Superior, Argentina

Now, researchers have found a population of one of those species-a freshwater limpet last seen more than 60 years ago and presumed extinct-in a tributary of the heavily dammed Coosa River in Alabama's Mobile River Basin.

'Mass extinction' victim snail rediscovered in Alabama

A freshwater limpet (Ferr issia sp.) experienced a remarkable population increase during the summer of 2001.